MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 34.38,-108.16 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -108.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 142 1 950 581 2 900 1048 3 850 1547 4 800 2082 SFC 785 2248 31.8 -0.3 13 32.1 12.9 5 5 326.8 327.7 295.0 342.7 4.77 6 750 2654 26.0 -1.5 16 27.6 10.3 3 5 324.8 325.7 294.3 339.9 4.55 7 700 3253 20.1 -2.6 21 22.7 7.5 355 4 324.7 325.6 294.2 339.6 4.51 8 650 3884 13.9 -3.8 29 17.7 4.5 337 3 324.7 325.6 294.2 339.4 4.45 9 600 4551 7.5 -5.1 40 12.6 1.1 308 2 324.8 325.7 294.1 339.3 4.37 10 550 5259 0.8 -6.4 59 7.2 -2.7 278 2 325.0 325.8 294.1 339.2 4.30 11 500 6015 -6.3 -8.4 85 2.2 -7.2 240 2 325.4 326.2 294.0 338.9 4.05 12 450 6829 -12.9 -16.5 74 3.6 -14.2 247 2 327.0 327.5 293.0 335.0 2.33 13 400 7719 -17.8 -45.5 7 27.7 -21.8 320 3 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.16 14 350 8702 -25.6 -47.2 11 21.6 -28.0 308 7 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.16 15 300 9799 -34.0 -47.6 24 13.7 -35.2 202 6 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.2 0.17 16 250 11052 -43.1 -51.6 38 8.6 -43.6 173 11 342.0 342.1 294.9 342.6 0.13 17 200 12518 -54.4 -56.7 75 2.3 -54.5 261 11 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.09 18 150 14311 -65.8 -73.1 36 7.2 -65.9 274 12 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 19 100 16727 -71.1 -81.7 19 10.6 -71.2 241 9 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5873.05 m Freezing level: 544.61 mb = 5340.45 m = 17520.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.89 mb = 4744.56 m = 15565.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 490.67 mb = 6160.39 m = 20211.01 ft T: -7.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.54 C/km ThetaE index: 10.12 C Layer 750.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 493.85 mb = 6110.57 m = 20047.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 87.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 496.85 mb = 6063.76 m = 19893.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 481.85 mb = 6300.48 m = 20670.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.85 mb = 9988.64 m = 32770.73 ft B at Equ Level: 85.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.85 mb = 11547.08 m = 37883.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.6 at 2.9 knts Storm direction: 343.6 at 2.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -169.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -0.8 tot: -0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 52.72 Bulk Shear: 1.66 m/s